Newly Admitted UCSB Honors Students To Lose Priority Registration This Fall

March 11, 2021 by

About one-fifth of UCSB’s student body currently benefits from priority registration, according to Monday’s announcement.
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Econ Assistant Professor and Grad Students Publish Report on Campus Police Department Calling for Greater Transparency

February 8, 2021 by

The report was authored by three department members following the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, and later circulated internally among UCSB faculty in the social sciences division. 
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Early Polling Results Show Record Numbers of Youth Voter Turnout Nationwide

November 14, 2020 by

In light of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, UCSB CALPIRG ramped up voter registration efforts and adapted its normal tactics for online environments.
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UCSB Denying to Release Data On Pay, Job Positions of Employees of Color

November 2, 2020 by

UCSB has refused several times to release the information, which the Daily Nexus requested in August through the CPRA.
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Following Inaugural Director’s Departure, Search for New Director of Office of Black Student Development Underway

September 24, 2020 by

Kareen Louis, the assistant director of the Office of Black Student Development, remains the sole career staff member currently with the office. 
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UCSB Students Describe Their Path to Higher Education, Often Paved by Family’s Sacrifice

August 29, 2020 by and

Many students’ journeys to UCSB began not with themselves, but with their parents.  
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Here’s What You Need To Know About I.V. CSD Elections This November

August 27, 2020 by and

The openings for the 2020 ballot include two seats with a four-year term and one seat with a two-year term.
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The “Uphill Fight that the Black Community in America has Constantly Been Fighting Towards”: UCSB and IV Community Speak on Black Lives Matter Movement

August 22, 2020 by , , , and

As protest headlines disappear from mainstream news, it remains unclear how the Black Lives Matter movement has changed, or will change, the community of Isla Vista and UCSB.
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CSO Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19, Program Suspended until July 31

July 17, 2020 by

Brock initially suspended the program until July 5, but later extended the suspension until the end of July.
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Academic Council Recommends UC To Defund Police, Ban Police Firearms

July 7, 2020 by

The Academic Council centered the recommendations on statements they received from students and faculty across the UC System about anti-Black police violence.
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From Four Members to First Place: The Trajectory of UCSB Taara Dance Group

July 3, 2020 by

In less than a year since the group’s inception in June 2018, the four hopeful members became a winning team of 12 in their dream competition.
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Santa Barbara County Beaches To Close Fourth of July Weekend

July 2, 2020 by

The beaches will remain open for surfing, swimming, paddleboarding, boogie boarding, kayaking, boating and other active water activities. 
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Case Count in I.V. Reaches Double Digits; Yang Announces Five Additional Cases in UCSB Community

June 28, 2020 by

Five participants in a campus research study focusing on asymptomatic cases of coronavirus tested positive for the virus.
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UCSB Library Offers Community Perspectives in New COVID-19 Archives Project

June 7, 2020 by

Through a google form on the University Library website, interested participants can answer questions about their coronavirus stories.
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Close to 1,000 March to Sands Beach for Justice for George Floyd on Saturday

May 30, 2020 by

Floyd’s death — as well as the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade — have ignited protests against violence toward Black people in over a dozen cities. 
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